Planking set



March 20, 1945. K, G, A S AND 2,371,730

PLANKING SET Filed Dec. 10, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 10 k\ will.

- INVENTOR. KARSTEN G. AUSLAND ATTORNEYS March 20, 1945.

K. G. AUSLAND PLANKING SET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. l0, 1942 INVENTOR. KARsrE/v G. BY

AusLA/vD ATTORNEYS Patented Mar." 20, 1945 UNITED; YSTATE PLANK'ING sE'r Karsten Ausland, Citylsland, Application December 10, 1942, Serial No. 468,477 3 Claims. 2 1. 144- 298) This invention relates to improvements in planksets for holding one course of planking, decking, ceiling or other boards in position upon a beam,-f rame, joist or other support whilel'said ,course is being forced intoabutment with an adjacentcourse already secured in position on such support to produce a tight joint or seam at the abutting edges of said courses.

While especially designed for use by boat builders in connection. with planking, deckin or ceiling operations, my set is generally useful in any building operation where courses of boards or planks have to be nailed together on joists, beams,

frames, or other supports to form a floor, roofing appearance of the beams or other supports; and

which is so constructed as to abut the planking, or other boards, and to be anchored against movement relative to the same when the setting wedge is driven home. l

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds.

In accomplishing my objects, Iv construct my set as a pair of spaced channel bars which are detachably and independently pivoted to a common cross bar. Associated with the cross-bar is a thrust element to be engaged by the incline of a setting wedge.

Preferably, the channel bars have beam-engaging fianges of different angularity, one such flange of each barextending at an angle of 90 to the cross bar and the other such flange extending at an angle of approximately 60 to the cross bar. By turning the channel bars on their pivots, they may be positioned to present rightangled flanges to the opposite sides of the beam or other support to which the set is applied, or flanges at 60 to meet the requirements of a bevel frame.

justment which adapts my clamp for use with beams or other supports of different widths and thickness. In such embodiment, the cross bar is pivotally attached to one ofthe channel bars and slidably attached to a locking member pivotally connected to the other channel bar so that the distance between the bars maybe adjusted as desired and held by inserting a locking wedge or key between said adjusting member and the adjacent edge I clamp to the width aridthickness 'of the beam or other support to whichit is. applied. u

The thrust element is "constructed as an extended bearing surface, preferably-inthe form of a rounded 100p ofcon'siderable width as corf1 pared with the thickness ofthe cross-bar, be tween which and the course of planking to be moved, the setting'wedge is'j drivenafter the clamp has beenprope'rly positionedon the beam or other support; 1 u Throughout the description and drawings like conventional characters *of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts, and in the drawings:

Fig. 1 isa, plan view of a set according to my invention applied to a portion of beamadjacent planking being set. 1 y 7 I Fig. 2 isa'n edge view of the set removed from the work. Y u I s Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section through the adjusting means onj the plane indicated'by the Fig. 4 is a view of amodification of a simple adjustable form without the angularly adjustable locking member of Figs. 1 and 2. i

.Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of another modification of my invention, and

Fig. 6 is a sideview of the device shown'in Fig. 5. Y

I preferably construct my set for tightly ascross-bar and the other extending at an angle of approximately to the cross-bar.

By reversing the channel bars land 2 they can;

be positioned to present their 60 flanges to the opposite sides of a beam which has been beveled instead of in their right-angled position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. u

In the embodiments of Figs. 1 and 2 and Figs. 5 and 6, I provide for the adjustment of my sets 1 to the width or thickness of the beams or other supports with which they are to be used. In the form shown in Figs. land 2, one end of the cross-bar 3 is pivoted as at B to the channelbar l. The other end of the cross bar 3 is slidably supported in the locking member 1 which is pivoted as'at 8 to the channel bar 2. The channel of thecross barfto conform the be turned to reversed positions without striking each other.

The member 1, as shown in Fig. 3, may be slotted as at 9 to receive the bar 3 and the key or wedge I0, thereby to provide effective means to lock the bar 3 to the member I to establish a desired Width between the channel bars '1 and 2. I provide the bar 3 with a stop pin II to prevent it from. becoming separated from the member Iwh'en the locking means are dise'n gamed. l v

The slot 9, as will be noted fromFi g; 1, is formed with one edge 9 in parallel with the edge of the cross-bar 3 while the other edge Si icon-- forms to the incline of the wedge lfli The wedge g 7 2,371,730 bars I and 2 are of such length that, theymay the planking set shown in Figs. 1 and 2 except that one end of its cross bar 23 is connected to one of the channel members 25 Ma pivot 26 While its other end is slidably supported inthe locking member I! which is pivoted as at 21 to the other channel member 25.

The locking member I1 is generally similar to the locking member 1 except that it'carries the thrust block 24 exposedior coaction with the setting wedge W and permits, the planking set to be adjusted so thatthei'channel'members 25 are a desired distance apart by setting the locking wedge 20. The thrust block 24 maybe re- II] has an enlarged head H3 adjacentits' small end to prevent the wedge l 0 from'bemg di'sl'odgedi .1 e

from the slot 9..

At its opposite end, the bar 3 has a-relatively' deep thrust b1ock,.l;2= having a curved wedging face. After the set has been, adjusted; as desi-red and placed onthe boa-m3 adjacent-the plank P whichis to be set up against the edge of a timber or other plank shown-as already laid,

the wedge 'W is between the thrust block 7 l2. and the adjacent edgeof the plank P to anchor the set to the beam B and to eliect the proper positioning. of the plank P.

, In Fig, 4.1 have; shown. a modified torrnsof planking set in accordance withrny invention which I employ a cross-bar l3 having a thrust block l4 similar to that shown in Figs, 1 andz. The cross-bar i3 is pivotally connected to: angle irons l5 by bolts I6. Such a planking-set is positioned o itne beam B adjacent thep-lank P as shown in Fig..- 4, and thewedge W is driven between the plank P and the thrust block 14 toanchonthe planking set to the beam 18- and to set the plank P properly against the adjacent planking. g

. In Figs. 5- and 6, I have shown another modification of my invention similar in general. to

inforced bya brace 28.

Devices in accordance with my invention have been found extremely efilcient in laying the deckin-g, ceiling or other like units in position on a beam, frame; joist or other structural support to produce a tight joint or seam at the abutting edges of said courses. I y

, What I therefore claim and desire to secure by-LettersBat'en-t is: a; 3 r

p .1 A planking set comprising. a pair of spaced bars each having a depending marginal flange, and. means interconnecting said. pair of bars, said, means comprising a crossmember, one end of said cross member being pivotal-lysecured to one of said pair ofv bars, a locking member pivotally securedvtoi theother of said pair of bars and slidablysupporti-ng the other endof said cross member, means carried, by said; locking member to locksaid cross-member-to-said looking member to establish-'adesired relation betweenv said pairof bars, and a thrustelement carried by one of said members and exposed to be engaged by one face of a setting-.wedgey 2. Thelsetof l in which the thrust elemerit-is carried by the cross member adjacent its pivotalconnection with one ofg the pair of bars. l y Y, 1 3. The set of claim -1 in" which the thrust ele ment is carried by the locking member. l a KARS I'ENG. AUSLAND." 

